Downstream petrochemical news

Heavy industrial demand and rapid urbanisation drive propylene capacity additions in the region, GlobalData has reported.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has secured a significant order for the supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of eight gas turbine generator packages from Dangote Refinery, Nigeria.

Summit Technology has launched its new PowerSight® Remote Monitoring service, a remote monitoring solution for portable power analysers.

MWG Enterprises, Patel Family Office, and PWS have together launched MERA Oil, a US-Saudi private consortium, and entered the final stage of selecting a host for their planned US$5 billion integrated refinery and energy export corridor.

Nuberg EPC has executed the design and supply of a 100 - 150 tpd Emergency Chlorine Absorption System for BRINSA, located in Bogotá, Colombia.

Asia continues to account for a major share of the global project pipeline, supported by ongoing investments in petrochemical plants, conventional refinery, transmission pipelines, and oil storage projects, GlobalData has reported.

The Middle East is poised to dominate global methanol capacity additions by 2030, driven primarily by its access to abundant and cheap natural gas, which is a primary feedstock for methanol production, GlobalData has reported.

Increased segmentation in Europe’s recycled low density polyethylene market has prompted ICIS to introduce a new flexible natural transparent rLDPE pellet price as part of its existing recycled polyethylene pricing service.

The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. have announced the signing of a Project Development Agreement with Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. to jointly advance the development of the Jintang New Materials Project in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China.

Fluor Corp. has announced that it has been selected by Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. to execute the front-end engineering and design for a new aromatics facility located in the Kingdom of Bahrain.